climate change = urban forestry

Cities, blue and red, are climbing on the urban forestry bandwagon, to cool and clean the air locally. Maybe it is climate change, maybe it is trees are cool. You can hug trees. You can read a book under their shade. Trees also absorb stormwater runoff. Evan Mallen, senior analyst for Georgia Tech’s Urban Climate Lab, says “Heat kills more people than any other weather-related disaster, and it’s something that’s getting a lot worse.”

Governing | Cities Nationwide Combat Climate Change With Urban Forests